nazi salute Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/nazi-salute/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sat, 09 May 2026 11:02:47 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 nazi salute Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/nazi-salute/ 32 32 6446428 Former neo-Nazi fined for offensive salute https://www.jwire.com.au/former-nazi-fined/ https://www.jwire.com.au/former-nazi-fined/#respond Sat, 09 May 2026 23:02:23 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=180930 A 21-year-old man who performed a Nazi salute at police officers while drunk outside a popular Hobart bar has been fined $1,400. Alex Kobi James-Devine was leaving the area outside the Observatory Bar on Hobart’s waterfront in the early hours of February 8 when he made the gesture towards officers. Police had directed him to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/former-nazi-fined/feed/ 0 180930 Jewish students bullied while learning about Holocaust https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-students-bullied-while-learning-about-holocaust/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-students-bullied-while-learning-about-holocaust/#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 00:56:11 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=180802 The Royal Commission has heard how Jewish students were bullied while learning about the Holocaust. Jewish students were subjected to antisemitic bullying while learning about the Holocaust, an inquiry has been told, while outside, a man wearing a swastika-emblazoned T-shirt was removed by police and later arrested. The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-students-bullied-while-learning-about-holocaust/feed/ 1 180802 Jewish family allegedly targeted with Nazi salute outside Crown Casino https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-family-allegedly-targeted-with-nazi-salute-outside-crown-casino/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-family-allegedly-targeted-with-nazi-salute-outside-crown-casino/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:34:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179048 Victoria Police is investigating after a group of Jewish men were allegedly subjected to antisemitic abuse outside Melbourne’s Crown Casino in the early hours of Saturday 15 March 2026. One alleged victim, aged 32, said he was sitting on the Yarra Promenade between Crown Casino and the Yarra River in Southbank with three family members, […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-family-allegedly-targeted-with-nazi-salute-outside-crown-casino/feed/ 0 179048 Jewish children targeted in antisemitic attack at Questacon https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-children-targeted-in-antisemitic-attack-at-questacon/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-children-targeted-in-antisemitic-attack-at-questacon/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2026 07:07:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178912 Two Jewish primary school students on a Canberra excursion were subjected to a Nazi salute slogan by a fellow student. This episode is just the latest in a string of attacks targeting visibly Jewish children in public spaces. Two Year 6 students from Mount Scopus Memorial College, a Jewish independent school in Melbourne, visited Questacon […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-children-targeted-in-antisemitic-attack-at-questacon/feed/ 1 178912 Airport worker in court accused of Nazi salute to kids https://www.jwire.com.au/airport-worker-in-court-accused-of-nazi-salute-to-kids/ https://www.jwire.com.au/airport-worker-in-court-accused-of-nazi-salute-to-kids/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:57:16 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178219 A man has appeared in court for allegedly performing a Nazi salute to Jewish schoolchildren at an airport terminal. An airport worker has faced court over claims he performed a Nazi salute to a group of Jewish schoolchildren. Oscar Diaz Ysuiza, 23, faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday, about a month after federal police charged […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/airport-worker-in-court-accused-of-nazi-salute-to-kids/feed/ 1 178219 Airport worker charged over alleged Nazi salute at Jewish school group https://www.jwire.com.au/airport-worker-charged-over-alleged-nazi-salute-at-jewish-school-group/ https://www.jwire.com.au/airport-worker-charged-over-alleged-nazi-salute-at-jewish-school-group/#respond Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:57:34 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=177304 A 23-year-old Melbourne Airport employee has been charged after allegedly performing a Nazi salute towards a group of Jewish schoolchildren inside an airport terminal. The Australian Federal Police said the Greenvale man was arrested on Monday following an incident earlier that day. Police allege the man made the gesture in the direction of a group […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/airport-worker-charged-over-alleged-nazi-salute-at-jewish-school-group/feed/ 0 177304 Neo-Nazi told off as magistrate denounces brazen racism https://www.jwire.com.au/neo-nazi-told-off-as-magistrate-denounces-brazen-racism/ https://www.jwire.com.au/neo-nazi-told-off-as-magistrate-denounces-brazen-racism/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:05:15 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=177234 Neo-Nazi Jacob Hersant, who was convicted of performing a sieg heil outside court, is facing fresh charges after allegedly dressing as a Ku Klux Klan member. A magistrate has admonished a neo-Nazi after he was accused of dressing as a Ku Klux Klan member and inciting racial hatred in public. Jacob Hersant, 26, began smiling […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/neo-nazi-told-off-as-magistrate-denounces-brazen-racism/feed/ 1 177234 Second teen arrested following antisemitic ute attack on Jewish boys in East St Kilda https://www.jwire.com.au/second-teen-arrested-following-antisemitic-ute-attack-on-jewish-boys-in-east-st-kilda/ https://www.jwire.com.au/second-teen-arrested-following-antisemitic-ute-attack-on-jewish-boys-in-east-st-kilda/#respond Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:55:02 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176808 On Friday, Victoria Police arrested a second teenage boy in connection with an antisemitic incident in which Jewish schoolboys were chased by a white ute in St Kilda East. Police said detectives from the Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit arrested a 16-year-old boy in Melton overnight. He was interviewed over the alleged incident on Glen Eira […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/second-teen-arrested-following-antisemitic-ute-attack-on-jewish-boys-in-east-st-kilda/feed/ 0 176808 Jewish teenagers targeted in St Kilda East ute attack https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-teenagers-targeted-in-st-kilda-east-ute-attack/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-teenagers-targeted-in-st-kilda-east-ute-attack/#respond Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:23:48 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176665 Just three days before the National Day of Mourning for the victims of last month’s antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach, a group of Jewish teenage boys were targeted with an antisemitic attack by the occupants of a white ute. The incident took place on the corner of Glen Eira Road and Hotham Street in […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-teenagers-targeted-in-st-kilda-east-ute-attack/feed/ 0 176665 Man charged over neo-Nazi stickers and salutes https://www.jwire.com.au/man-charged-over-neo-nazi-stickers-and-salutes/ https://www.jwire.com.au/man-charged-over-neo-nazi-stickers-and-salutes/#respond Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:59:37 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=175801 A man accused of repeatedly performing Nazi salutes and putting up “propaganda-style” stickers on public buildings has been charged as Jewish leaders urge authorities to treat anti-Semitism as a public safety issue. The 18-year-old was allegedly putting up Nationalist Socialist Network stickers at a Canberra shopping centre when he was confronted by a member of […]

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